Re: [WiX-users] Root folder other than "Program Files"

2007-02-16 Thread Rob Mensching
staller requires you to go all the way around like this but... whatever. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gus Grubba Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 6:01 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Root folder other than &

Re: [WiX-users] Root folder other than "Program Files"

2007-02-16 Thread Gus Grubba
Rob, First, thanks for taking the time. Second, sorry for being terse! Here we go: The actual error put out by light is: error LGHT0204 : ICE99: The directory name: WindowsVolume is the same as one of the MSI Public Properties and can cause unforeseen side effects. make: *** [product.msi]

Re: [WiX-users] Root folder other than "Program Files"

2007-02-16 Thread Bob Arnson
Gus Grubba wrote: > I guess the first question is: What is the Windows equivalent of / > var? Where should a service/daemon running with the credentials of a > system account store its runtime data? > Use company/product subdirectories under CommonAppDataFolder. -- sig://boB http://bobs.or

Re: [WiX-users] Root folder other than "Program Files"

2007-02-16 Thread Rob Mensching
There isn't really such a location. Most people just put their binaries in Program Files folder and go from there. Nothing wrong with that (with modern version of the Windows Installer). Putting stuff in "C:\var" would be very strange on a Windows machine. I can tell you from personal experi